NBA Schedule - 3/6 Mavericks at Celtics - 6:00Heat at Hornets - 6:00Trail Blazers at Rockets - 7:000Knicks at Nuggets - 8:00Pelicans at Suns - 8:00Clippers at Spurs - 8:30Pacers at Lakers - 9:30    NHL Schedule - 3/6 Panthers at Red Wings - 6:00Avalanche at Stars - 7:00Canucks at Blackhawks - 7:30Hurricanes at Oilers - 8:00Canadiens at Ducks - 8:00Wild at Golden Knights…

1954 – NC State beats Wake Forest 82-80 in overtime to win the first ACC men’s basketball tournament. 1964 – Boxer Cassius Clay officially changes his name to Muhammad Ali. 1972 – Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer to become golf’s all-time leading money winner. 1982 – The San Antonio Spurs beat the Milwaukee Bucks 171-166 in three overtimes in the NBA’s highest scoring game.…

1924 – Frank Carauna of Buffalo, NY becomes the first person to ever bowl two straight perfect 300 games. 1966 – Major League Baseball player reps select Marvin Miller as the executive director of the MLB Players Association.  1973 – New York Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich announce that they’ve swapped wives and children. 1985 – New York Islanders forward Mike Bossy…

1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the highest-paid player in baseball, signing a three-year contract with the Yankees which paid him $70,000 per season. 1941 – Blackhawks goalie Sam LoPresti faces an NHL record 83 shots in a 3-2 loss to the Bruins. 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain scores 50 plus points for the fifth straight game, also adding 58 assists in that span.  1970 –…

1920 – The Montreal Canadiens set an NHL record for goals in a game by routing the Quebec Bulldogs 16-3. 1950 – The National American Football League changes its name back to the National Football League after three months. 1951 – Temple’s Bill Mlkvy sets an NCAA record by putting up 73 points in a win over Wilkes. 1953 – The Boston Braves, who…

1874 – The National Association of Professional Baseball Players officially adopts new rules, including the addition of the batter box, the expulsion of any player caught betting on his team, and a fine for a player betting on another team. 1929 – Montreal Canadiens goalie George Hainsworth becomes the first goalie in NHL history to record 20 shutouts in a season. 1951 – The…

1903 – Major League Baseball’s rules committee rules that the pitcher’s mound can’t be more than 15 inches higher than the baselines or home plate. 1919 – Newsy Lalonde of the Montreal Canadiens sets a Stanley Cup Playoff record by scoring five goals in a playoff game. 1941 – Former Notre Dame fullback Elmer Layden is named the first commissioner of the NFL. 1967…

1922 – In the first official college conference basketball tournament, North Carolina beats Monroe 40-26 to win the Southern Intercollegiate Conference title. 1929 – The Blackhawks are shut out for an NHL record eighth straight game. 1940 – College basketball is televised for the first time as W2XBS broadcasts a hoops double-header from Madison Square Garden. 1967– Wilt Chamberlain makes an NBA record 35th…

1959 – The Chicago Cardinals trade running back Ollie Matson to the Los Angeles Rams for a whopping nine players. 1959 – The Boston Celtics defeated the Minneapolis Lakers 173-139 in a game that saw several records get set. The Celtics set the record for the most points in a game, most points in a half (90), most points in a quarter (52), and…

1935 — Babe Ruth is released by the New York Yankees and signed by the Boston Braves, he would retire later that year ending his 22-year big league career with 714 home runs. 1967 — Mario Andretti becomes the only person born outside the United States to win the Daytona 500 1968 – 32 African nations boycott the Olympics due to the presence of…